Insects you do not want in your garden!!
{"Image DocumentName": "Insects you do not want in your garden!!", "Image ImageDescription": "Potato beetles chew up the leaves of both potato & eggplant, weakening the plant until it cannot produce. Leaf miners chew up your spinach leaves. To understand companion planting, you must first learn about some insects that you definitely do not want in your garden. Leaf miners appear in both spring and fall and feed on any leaf that happened to be around. In the case of vegetables like lettuce, spinach, chard and beet greens, leaf miners can mean a complete loss. Potato beetles favor potatoes, but they also feast on tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and petunias. The beetle and its larvae eat the plants leaves and shoots, weakening them and reducing your harvest. Adults overwinter in the soil, emerge in late spring and walk to host plants, where they lay clusters of yellow, oval-shaped eggs. The larvae hatch and feed for up to 3 weeks before they return to the soil. There may be as many as three generations per year in the South. The asparagus beetle and its larvae feed on asparagus tips and spears giving them a scarred appearance. Frass also stains the spears making them very unappealing. The larvae also eat the ferny foliage, and if there are enough of them, can defoliate the asparagus, weakening the plants and making them more susceptible to disease. The asparagus beetle feeds on the asparagus spears, causing browning and scarring. So. Plant\u2026", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}